Dirty Dawg

Our Zeusy loves a good stroll around the lake. The pictures below illustrate a typical outing.

Start of the walk: dog clean.

Ruh roh.

Leaves and branches feel good.

I still clean, right?

PregTASTIC--the final podacast

So here is a link to my last episode with PregTASTIC. And guess what! It's all about me and Dillon. The birth story. The breast feeding. The grilled cheese. Clink on the link below or download the podcast onto your iPod thingamajig.

Episode 243: Michelle's birth story.

http://www.pregtastic.com/michelles-birth-story/

Happy Thanksgiving!

Here we are all together: us, Dillon and both sets of grandparents!

PS--That guy back left isn't with us.

PPS--That camera in the foreground belongs in a museum!

Vintage Wear: Mommy Style

Several decades ago, it wasn't Dillon, but me coming home from the hospital, and I was attired in nothing but the finest USAF had to offer. Turns out my mom kept that shirt for all these years and gave it to me when she came to visit her grandbaby. So I thought I'd see how my daughter looked in her mother's clothes. [Interesting factoid: Dillon and I weighed exactly the same when we were born.]

Have I been drafted?

My mom is how old???

Happy Monthday, Baby!

Taken on 11/15/2011.

Bathing Beauty

Every few days Dillon takes what must be the shortest bath on earth. She's learned to sit in the water peacefully (or her parents have learned how to fill the tub properly so it's enjoyable) but the second we take her out, she's screaming bloody murder. If only there were a way to put her pyjamas on in the water...

Sponge bath by experienced nurse. Notice relatively calm expression on baby.

Crazy bath by bumbling parents. Baby fondly remembers nurse.

Why do I have wash cloths for hands?!?!??!

Baby dreams of world with no water.

We Are Not Amused (1)

Here is the first post in what I hope will be a regular installation: Dillon crying. It seems silly to only post the happy, smiley pictures since, let's face it, babies spend a lot of awake time screaming like banshees. Dillon is always quick to let us know she does not like tummy time. At all.

Crying after her first sponge bath.

Crying after her clothes were changed.

Crying during tummy time.

Crying for no good reason!

Didn't you hear me the first time? I hate tummy time!!